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NORTH BEND, Ore. -- The first-ever Bunny Run took place over the weekend at the Pony Village Mall, and it was all for a good cause.

The big winner of the inaugural race? The KCBY News bunny named Sophia.

20 people sponsored the rabbits for $40 each, and some of the bunnies were for sale.

All proceeds went to 4-H, a program that teaches young people how to raise livestock.

"It helps them to learn a lot of things, not just how to raise a rabbit or how to raise a horse, but the responsibility that goes along with a live animal and how to care for it on a daily basis," said Bonnie Hayes of the Pony village Mall.

Hayes says this event will continue next year, and they will add a bunny obstacle course.

Pictures from our front porch of the Stout Fire from Sutherlin on the evening of July 30, 2015. Later in the evening after the moon rise, the effect of the smoke from the fires in Douglas County on the moon.